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Jacobs Family of Mars Hill/Tick Ridge Collection

Title

Jacobs Family of Mars Hill/Tick Ridge Collection

Description

Family photographs, chiefly portraits of the Jacobs, Holmes, Delancy, and Willis families.

Source

Scans gift of Charlene Thompson.

Contributor

Charlene Thompson

Language

English

Type

Still image

Identifier

2024.037

Collection Items

Four generations of the Jacobs family, c. 1929

Handwritten on back: Abraham Jacobs (1853-1940), son James Jacobs, granddaughter Minnie Jacobs Willis (1906-2012), and baby great-grandson George Willis (1929-2005).

Tags Infants, Older people
Irene Cox Jacobs and grandson Walter Holmes, c. 1950

Older woman with child near a car. Handwritten on back: Irene Cox Jacobs and Walter Holmes.

Tags Automobiles, Children, Older people
Alma Jacobs Brodinex, c. 1950

Woman with stylish hat.
James "Sport" Jacobs Jr., c. 1965

Older man in a baseball hat.

Tags Hats
Three sharp looking young people, c. 1935

Two women in dresses with flowers in their hair, and man in suit and hat. Handwritten on back: Aunt Charlie (Mattie Bess White), Uncle Buddy (Frederick Jacobs), and Winnie Solomon. Same background as BHI-2024-037-b-072.
Dessie Lee Jacobs, 1961

Man standing outside.
Willie Mae Francis Jacobs, c. 1940

Seated woman with hat. Willie Mae Frances Jacobs Stewart (1919-1999); nickname "Queenie" or "Frank."

Tags Hats
Walter Fermon Jacobs in baseball uniform, c. 1940

Walter Fermon Jacobs (1916-1971) in baseball uniform.

Tags Baseball players, Baseball uniforms
Kate Ophelia Jacobs, c. 1940

Kate Ophelia Jacobs (1921-1968)
Fred Jacobs and Cecelia Moore, 1961

Older man holding a very young child.

Tags Children, Older people

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